All I wanna say is thatThey don’t really care about usAll I wanna say is thatThey don’t really care about us

Tell me what has become of my lifeI have a wife and two children who love meI am the victim of police brutality, noI'm tired of bein' the victim of hateYour rapin’ me of my prideOh for God's sakeI look to heaven to fulfill its prophecySet me free

All I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about usAll I wanna say is thatThey don't really care about us

Tell me what has become of my rightsAm I invisible 'cause you ignore meYour proclamation promised me free liberty, noI'm tired of bein' the victim of shameThey're throwin' me in a class with a bad nameI can't believe this is the land from which I cameYou know I really do hate to say itThe government don't wanna seeBut if Roosevelt was livin'He wouldn't let this be, no, no